Qua si fa elmi di calici e spade, e 'l sangue di Cristo si vend' a giumelle, e croce e spine son lance e rotelle; e pur da Cristo pazienza cade! Ma non c'arivi più 'n queste contrade, chè n'andré 'l sangue suo 'nsin alle stelle, poscia che a Roma gli vendon la pelle; e èci d'ogni ben chiuso le strade. S' i' ebbi ma' voglia a posseder tesauro, per ciò che qua opera da me è partita, può quel nel manto che Medusa in Mauro. Ma se alto in cielo è povertà gradita, qual fia di nostro stato il gran restauro, s' un altro segno amorza l'altra vita?
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Text Authorship:
- by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 - 1564), appears in Rime, no. 10 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (1906 - 1975), "Qua si fa elmi di calici e spade", op. 145 no. 5, from Suite on verses by Michelangelo Buonarroti, no. 5, also set in Russian (Русский) [sung text checked 1 time]
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- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Abram Markovich Efros (1888 - 1954) ; composed by Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (John Addington Symonds) , "On Rome in the Pontificate of Julius II", appears in The Sonnets of Michael Angelo Buonarroti and Tommaso Campanella now for the first time translated into rhymed English, first published 1878
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- LIT Lithuanian (Lietuvių kalba) (Giedrius Prunskus) , subtitle: "Iš taurių lieja čia kardus ir šalmus", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Caroline Diehl
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Zdes` delayut iz chash mechi i shlemy' I krov` Xristovu prodayut na ves; Na shhit zdes` tern, na kop`yu krest ischez, – Usta zh Xristovy' terpelivo nemy'. Pust` On ne sxodit v nashi Vifleemy' Il` snova bry'znet krov`yu do nebes, Zatem, chto dushegubam Rim – chto les, I miloserd`e derzhim na zamke my'. Mne ne grozyat roskoshestva obuzy', Ved` dlya menya davno uzh net zdes` del; YA Mantii strashus`, kak Mavr – Meduzy'; No esli Bednost` slavoj Bog odel, Kakie zh nam togda gotovit uzy' Pod znamenem iny'm inoj udel?
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Text Authorship:
- Singable translation by Abram Markovich Efros (1888 - 1954) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 - 1564), appears in Rime, no. 10
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (1906 - 1975), "Здесь делают из чаш мечи и шлемы", op. 145 no. 5 (1974), from Suite on verses by Michelangelo Buonarroti, no. 5, also set in Italian (Italiano) [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2008-10-02
Line count: 14
Word count: 90